Rug having an embroidered decorative design



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RUG I'XAVINGV AN EMBROIDERED DECORATIVE DES'IGN Filed oct. 16, 1967 A 2sheets-sheet 1 RUG HAVING AN EMBROIDERED DEGORATIVE DES-IGN Filedostile, 1967 Nov. 24,` 1970 HElzABuRo lNouE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 UnitedStates Patent O t 3,542,631 .RUG HAVING AN EMBROIDERED p DECORATIVEDESIGN Heizaburo Inoue, 76-4 A'za-Hamada, Minami-Hana,

` Muya-cho, Naruto, Tokushima, Japan Continuation-impart of applicationSer. No. 659,430, Aug. 9', 1967. This application Oct. 16, 1967, Ser.No. 675,630

Int. CI. D04h 11/00 Us. c1. ns1-3s 3 claims ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE Arug comprises a central base section formed of cover cloth of suitablycolored cloth having embroidered designs at a desired portion thereof.An outer frame section is'formed of. a tube wound around said centralbase section up to a desired width. On the rear surface of said covercloth a sheet formed of cloth or synthetic resin is integrally andinseparably provided.

This application is a continuation-in-part which discloses and claimssubject matter disclosed and claimed n the following application:

Application Ser. No. 659,430, filed Aug. 9, 1967 noW abandoned.

The present invention relates to improvements in rugs, particularly oftube rugs. In general, rugs formed of tubes having cores of cotton andthe like can be manufactured at a low cost by utilizing waste materialsand the like for the core. However, these rugs are not provided with theornament-of patterns, namely, of embroidered designs indispensable torugs and give an irnpression of so called cheap articles presenting apoor appearance, so that they are not adapted for use as quality rugsand are consequently in limited demand. The situation is also the samewith the rugs in which braided string is used.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a novel rughaving an elegant appearance and feel to the touch though it is made ofthe inexpensive tubes or braided string.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a novelrug which, though having embroidered designs at desired portions on eachof the front and rear surfaces thereof so that either surface may beused as desired, can be placed on the market at an extremely low pricesubstantially reducing the price of the embroidered rug which hascommonly been regarded as expensive.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent from the following detailed description with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of rugs in accordance withthe present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view in cross section taken along the line I-I in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view in cross section showing a modification of the presentinvention in which the central base section A is formed of two pieces of-cover cloth in double layers;

FIG. 4 isl a view in cross section showing a modified rug in accordancewith the present invention in which an intermediate sheet is interposedbetween two pieces of the cover cloth;

FIG. 5 is a view in ycross section showing a modified rug in accordancewith the present invention in which an intermediate sheet formed of awound tube is interposed between two pieces of cover cloth;

FIG. 6 is a view in cross section showing a modified ice rug inaccordance with the present invention in which pile is implanted in theouter frame section;

FIG. 7 is a view in cross section showing a modified rug in accordancewith the present invention in which base cloth is integrally providedbeneath the cover cloth;

FIG. 8 is a view in cross section showing a modified rug in accordancewith the present invention in which a tube base is integrally providedbeneath the cover cloth;

FIG. 9 is a view in cross section showing a modified rug in which pileis implanted in the outer frame section of the embodiment shown in FIG.8; and

FIG. 10 is a plan view partly broken away illustrating an example of adifferent material for the outer frame section of a rug in accordancewith the invention.

While the present invention will be hereinafter described with respectto typical embodiments, the invention is not to be limited only to theembodiments but it may also reside in various alterations, modificationsand equivalents without departing from the spirit of the inventor andthe claim of the present invention described below.

In FIGS. 1 and 2 an embodiment of a rug in accordance with the presentinvention is shown. The rug consists mainly of a central base section Aand an outer frame section B surrounding said central base section. AShereinafter described, various alterations can be made as to saidcentral base section A within the scope of the present invention, andthe objects, advantages and the like common to each of these alterationswill be subsequently understood. Now, said central base section A isformed of cover cloth 2 made of suitably colored cloth or pile fabricwith embroidered designs provided at desired portions on both front andrear surfaces thereof. Around said cental base section A a tube 5 whichis formed by covering a core of cotton 3'with thread or the like is on aplane wound up to a desired width, whereby the outer frame section B isconstructed. The adjacent convolutions of the tube 5 forming said outerframe section B are firmly sewed together with thread or the likethereby perfectly preventing the tube from loosening, and the centralbase section A and the outer frame section B are also tightly joinedtogether by a suitable means as by machine-sewing to avoid separationfrom each other.

As described in the beginning, commonly known tube rugs made of tubesincorporating cores of cotton and the like can be manufactured at anextremely low price by utilizing waste materials for said cores. Theserugs, however, give an impression of so called cheap articles with apoor appearance and are unacceptable as rugs of high quality.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, While aninexpensive tube is used for the outer frame section B of the rug, thecentral portion thereof is provided with a central base section Acomprising the cover cloth 2 which is formed of suitably colored clothor pile fabric with embroidered designs provided at desired portions onboth front and rear surfaces thereof. Accordingly, said embroidereddesigns can present an elegant appearance and feel to the touch. Inaddition, the ernbroidered designs produced on both front and rearsurfaces permit alternate use of both surfaces, whereby the rug can bekept fresh and clean over an extended period. Since said cover cloth 2is in particular made of a relatively inexpensive pile fabric or othercloth which is suitably colored and only the desired portions of whichare provided with embroidered designs, the cost of materials can bereduced, while a complicated manufacturing process such as embroideringthe entire section can accordingly be dispensed with. Furthermore, beingsuitably colored, the section without embroidery can retain an elegantappearance, the exposure of the original texture thereof being avoided.As the consequent result of these effects, it has now become possible toprovide a useful and practical rug which, though obtainable at asubstantially low cost of production as a Whole, gives an excellentappearance and feel and both surfaces of which can be put to use.

Of course, various alterations of the central base section A are to bemade within the scope of the present invention. For instance, as shownin FIG. 3, cover cloth 2, 2 are provided in double sheets as the centralbase section A, or as shown in FIG. 4, an intermediate sheet 6 of asuitable thickness made of cloth or other materials may be integrallyinterposed between said pieces of the cover cloth 2, 2. In such a case,said cover cloth is preferably made of a relatively thin sheet as shownin FIG. 4. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, said intermediate sheet may bemade of a tube 7 similar to the tube 5 forming the outer frame sectionB. In this case by inserting peripheral margins of the cover cloth 2, 2between the adjacent convolutions of the tube, the removal of said covercloth therefrom can be perfectly precluded.

Each of the alterations described above is provided with previouslydetailed various effects, particularly with the advantage that, whereasrugs as a whole can be manufactured at a low cost, they are of highquality and both surfaces thereof can be used. Moreover, when the covercloth is formed in double or triple layers, a thick and durable rug withgreater resilience can be obtained.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments the outer frame section B maybe formed with pile 8 implanted therein as shown in FIG. 6 ytherebyadding more elegance to the rug.

Further, according to the invention, base cloth 9 of a suitablethickness or a tube base 10 may be formed beneath the cover cloth 2 asillustrated in FIG. 7 or 8, whereby the central base section A isprovided. While the designs do not appear on the rear surface of the rugin this application, a rug having an excellent appearance and feel,though obtainable at a low cost of production, is to be provided. Thus,the intention of the present invention can be satisfactorily embodied.Of course, in this modication, the outer frame section B maybe formedwith the pile implanted therein as shown in FIG. 9.

Although each of embodiments in accordance with the present inventionhas been described in detail as above, the invention does not desire tolimit the invention only to these examples. For instance, whileabove-mentioned tube 5 is preferably untilized for the outer framesection B in the invention, braided string 11 as shown in FIG. l0 mayalso be used in place of said tube 5. The braided string is formed byplaiting together suitably colored thread, tape or the like untildesired width and thickness are obtained. The object of the presentinvention is to be fullled satisfactorily also by making use of thebraided string.

What I claim is:

1. A rug comprising a central base portion and an outer frame portion,the central base portion consisting of a pair of flat sheets providingupper and lower surfaces, each of the flat sheets being embroidered toprovide A decorative designs on both the upper and lower surfaces,

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,493,351 5/1924 Le Fort 161-351,581,970 4/ 1926 McCollum 161-44 1,784,657 12/1930 De Benedictis 161-441,923,551 8/1933 Murphy 161-35 2,140,457 12/ 1938 Knowland et al. 161-44JOHN T. GOOLKASIAN, Primary Examiner H. F. EPSTEIN, Assistant ExaminerU.S. Cl. X.R. 161-62

